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Patch 2.3 - The Commanders is live

11. April 2017.

Get your clients ready and hit that update button because patch 2.3 The Commanders is live and ready to roll out through the galaxy!

After a (relatively) long beta, Frontier pushed the 2.3 update on live servers and all commanders should be able to update their clients upon the next login. As with every major update, there are a lot of new features and fixes for Horizons owners as well as the owners of the base game.

If you’re looking for a quick overview of major new features take a peak below.

Holo-Me (Commander Creator)

Holo-Me UI added

Players can create their own commander using a variety of customisation options and/or presets

Player avatars now used in ship cockpits

Added holographic effect for commander avatars (when they are not physically present)

Hooked up the player avatar display to the comms panel and the commander history, so now chat messages will have a picture of the senders avatar next to them

Added Holo-Me option to cockpit Status Panel

Added Holo-Me shortcut to Startport Services screen, as well as including player’s current commander profile image

Added rank shoulder patches, unlocked with rank

Added faction and pirate shoulder patches

Multi-Crew

Multi-Crew availability is based on the number of physical seats on your ship

Gunner role added

Fighter Con role added

Helm role added

Matchmaking for different session types added

Bounty Hunting

Mentor

Piracy

Mining

Exploration

Smuggling

Session summary screens added

Allow friend invitations to Multi-Crew

Power Distributor - Non helm Multi-Crew players provide an additional single power distribution pip which they control

Added idle animations for other commanders in cockpit

Crimes system updated to support Multi-Crew

Multi-Crew related stats added

Chat interface updated

Ships

Added Multi-Crew cameras to supported ships

Upgraded cockpits for Multi-Crew

Adder (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Anaconda (upgraded second and third chair for Multi-Crew)

Asp (added second chair for Multi-Crew)

Asp Scout (added second chair for Multi-Crew)

Beluga (upgraded second and third chair for Multi-Crew)

Cobra MkIII (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Cobra MkIV (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Imperial Clipper (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Corvette (upgraded second and third chair for Multi-Crew)

Federal Dropship (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Federal Assault (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Federal Gunship (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Fer de Lance (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Orca (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Cutter (upgraded second and third chair for Multi-Crew)

Type 9 (upgraded second and third chair for Multi-Crew)

Python (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Vulture (upgraded second chair for Multi-Crew)

Dolphin playable ship added

Dolphin NPC ships added

General

New mysterious things added

New organics added to surfaces

Ship Naming

Ship Name and ID plates can now be added via Outfitting

Ship names are server moderated if deemed inappropriate then will be masked off to other players

If you report a player in-game, we'll now fill in their ship name and ship ID for you

Added ship name plates to ships

Added ID plates to ships

Added ship names to various cockpit UI

The start new commander flow will now prompt you to enter a ship name

Camera Suite

Added vanity cameras to the ships

Players can view their commander and ship from a variety of interior and exterior camera angles, using a range of new camera control options, including:

Zoom (Interior, Exterior, with Free Camera enabled)

Focus (Exterior, with Depth of Field Enabled)

Blur (Interior, Exterior, with Depth of Field Enabled)

Roll (Exterior)

Elevation (Exterior)

Speed (Exterior)

Stabiliser On/Off (Exterior)

Enable/Disable Ship Controls (Exterior)

Detach/Attach Camera With Ship (Exterior)

Hide UI (Interior, Exterior)

Added free camera to ships

Within the vanity camera, players can also select a free camera mode to more freely adjust their camera view (with access to the above camera options)

Updated ship cockpit interiors to account for new viewing angles

General

Added asteroid base type station (including air traffic controllers)

Added 32 asteroid bases in various deep space locations

Added some new challenge scenarios

4 new Incursion scenarios

Speed docking

Driver challenge

Ship launched fighter challenge

Added custom engine trails support

Added Megaships

Tanker

Cargo

Asteroid Miner

Flight Operations

Prison Ship

Science Vessel

Passenger

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Added 100 new tourist beacons

Added Bucky Ball Beer Mats rare good

For a full list of fixes and improvements make sure to check out the official forum post.